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The world-renowned Sassoon family collection of Judaica is one that tells the unique story of one of the world’s most prominent families.

Traveling from Düsseldorf to Tel Aviv, the man carried a canvas by surrealist master Yves Tanguy in a flat cardboard box. When he reached his final destination, he realized to his horror that he did not have the package in tow.

They started out as a secret society. So secret that, when they signed their paintings ‘P.R.B.’, a rumour spread that those initials stood for ‘Please Ring the Bell’. They actually stood for the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: a group of seven artists who held their first meeting in 1848 and wouldn’t remain in the shadows for long. Join Sarah Reynolds, Specialist and Head of Sale, British Art for a Pre-Raphaelite Collecting Guide.

Though the popularity of chess has seen a major uptick lately, the strategic game is no passing fad.

"Joan Mitchell's work is both abstract and emotionally precise. She had this idea that at certain moments, daily situations could be filled with a higher life. And it's that higher life that she was attempting to convey in her work." Patricia Albers, author of "Joan Mitchell: Lady Painter," reflects on these two staggering works painted more than 20 years apart.

The top lot of the night was Henri De Toulouse-Lautrec’s Pierreuse, which surpassed its high estimate by $4 million to sell for $9,062,000.

What color is love? Fear? Desire? Richard Mayhew discusses the connection between emotion and color. Learn more about the mystique of his landscape paintings, how his work connects with his Native American and African American heritage, and his involvement with the Spiral, a New York–based collective that formed in the mid-1960s to discuss the role of African American artists in the civil rights movement and American culture.

A mammoth 42" x 58" poster for probably the biggest series of concerts the Clash ever played. Eventually playing 17 concerts at the Bonds International Casino in New York City, the Only Band That Matters was promoting their triple-LP Sandinista! at the time. Eight shows were originally planned, but demand was so strong for the band that a whopping 17 shows happened.

A leading expert on the works of Leonardo da Vinci thinks she has found a new drawing by the Renaissance master.

Jean-Michel Basquiat crowns a king in this portrait of friend and fellow street artist Anthony Clarke. Executed during Basquiat's meteoric rise to fame in 1982, "Portrait of A-One A.K.A. King" exemplifies the gestural, painterly prowess and distinctive iconography that denoted the peak of his career.